"T. Ribbrock" <emgaron@xxxxxxx> said: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 03:37:43AM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 19:55:19 -0400, William J. Salvino wrote: > [...] > > > Will there be a new-release boxed Red Hat operating system priced at > > > $39.99 or less with or without support or printed materials? > > > > Different question: What features would you expect to get for that > > price? > > About 2-3 CDs and reasonable timely updates for security issues, no further > support and no dead-tree docs. Or something like Mandrake's > "Discovery Edition". I remember this came up around RHL6.2 already, > with pretty much the same reasoning: Some people just need the media > and the updates, no more. However, by now I think it's obvious, that > those folks are not (or no longer) the target audience for Red Hat - > which is a valid choice for them to make. I have seen a reference on another mailing list that Red Hat has taken steps to ensure that outfits like Cheapbytes have a simple, legally unambiguous way to make copies available. So, there should be a CD or DVD based release of Fedora, online docs & all, for the usual $6-$15US. rickf ________________________________________________________________ This message was sent using KTB.net InTouch with Tomorrow. For more information visit http://www.ktb.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
